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The changing face of health care : a Christian appraisal of managed care, resource allocation, and patient-caregiver relationships / edited by John F. Kilner, Robert D. Orr, Judith Allen Shelly.

Contributor(s): Series: Horizons in bioethics seriesPublication details: Grand Rapids, MI : William B. Eerdmans Pub., Paternoster Press, c1998.Description: xiv, 314 p. ; pbk ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0802845339 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.1/04258 21
LOC classification:
  • RA413 .C465 1998
Contents:
Part I. Introduction -- A physician's experience / David L. Schiedermayer -- A patient's experience / Harold O. J. Brown -- A nurse's experience / Barbara J. White -- An administrator's experience / William K. Atkinson -- Part II. Setting the stage -- A theological mandate for medicine / Nigel M. de S. Cameron -- Nursing : remaining faithful in an era of change / Judith Allen Shelly -- Broadening our view of justice in health care / Sondra Ely Wheeler -- Rationing health care : a case of justice denied / Arthur J. Dyck -- Part III. Economic encroachment -- Managed care's financial incentives / Scott E. Daniels -- The Good Samaritan in the marketplace : managed care's challenge to Christian charity / Edmund D. Pellegrino -- When health care becomes a commodity : the need for compassionate strangers / Patricia Benner -- Guidelines for gatekeepers : a covenantal approach / Gregory W. Rutecki -- For patients and profits : business ethics for managed care organizations / Kenman L. Wong -- Hippocrates meets managed care : a study of contemporary oath-taking / Robert D. Orr -- Part IV. Selected settings -- Therapeutic relationship in managed mental health care / Stephen P. Greggo -- Managed long-term care / Richard W. Olson -- The impact of changes in health care delivery on minority communities / Frank E. Staggers, Sr., and Barbara C. Staggers -- The impact of managed care on malpractice / Janet E. Michael -- Part V. Assessing alternatives -- Meeting the needs of poor persons under managed care / James M. Hussey -- Funding health care through the church / Alieta Eck -- Physician unions : guardians of the covenant or keepers of the contract? / Mary B. Adam -- Emerging alternative therapies / Donal P. O'Mathuna -- Conclusion : change health care-- a British point of view / Stuart Horner.
Summary: In response to the many changes currently going on in health care, this book offers the combined insight and wisdom of a stellar group of scholars and professionals with extensive experience in the health care field who also write from a Christian perspective.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Introduction --
A physician's experience / David L. Schiedermayer --
A patient's experience / Harold O. J. Brown --
A nurse's experience / Barbara J. White --
An administrator's experience / William K. Atkinson --
Part II. Setting the stage --
A theological mandate for medicine / Nigel M. de S. Cameron --
Nursing : remaining faithful in an era of change / Judith Allen Shelly --
Broadening our view of justice in health care / Sondra Ely Wheeler --
Rationing health care : a case of justice denied / Arthur J. Dyck --
Part III. Economic encroachment --
Managed care's financial incentives / Scott E. Daniels --
The Good Samaritan in the marketplace : managed care's challenge to Christian charity / Edmund D. Pellegrino --
When health care becomes a commodity : the need for compassionate strangers / Patricia Benner --
Guidelines for gatekeepers : a covenantal approach / Gregory W. Rutecki --
For patients and profits : business ethics for managed care organizations / Kenman L. Wong --
Hippocrates meets managed care : a study of contemporary oath-taking / Robert D. Orr --
Part IV. Selected settings --
Therapeutic relationship in managed mental health care / Stephen P. Greggo --
Managed long-term care / Richard W. Olson --
The impact of changes in health care delivery on minority communities / Frank E. Staggers, Sr., and Barbara C. Staggers --
The impact of managed care on malpractice / Janet E. Michael --
Part V. Assessing alternatives --
Meeting the needs of poor persons under managed care / James M. Hussey --
Funding health care through the church / Alieta Eck --
Physician unions : guardians of the covenant or keepers of the contract? / Mary B. Adam --
Emerging alternative therapies / Donal P. O'Mathuna --
Conclusion : change health care--
a British point of view / Stuart Horner.

In response to the many changes currently going on in health care, this book offers the combined insight and wisdom of a stellar group of scholars and professionals with extensive experience in the health care field who also write from a Christian perspective.

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